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By: Jorge Abellas “My Internet access is so slow! Do you know what is going on?” If you are an IT manager responsible for Internet connectivity for your SMB (small to midsize business), this is one of the most horrifying questions you can hear from a user-even more so if that user happens to be […]

By: Arnaud Dimberton CANNES-Denis Gallon, head of virtualization sales for NEC, discussed VPCC (Virtual PC Center) with eWEEK correspondent Arnaud Dimberton. NEC generates $18 billion in annual revenues, of which it reinvests $5,9 billion in R&D. Wholly dedicated to business to business, NEC is investing massively in virtualization. Tell us about VPCC. VPCC is different. […]

By: Arnaud Dimberton Cannes—SteelEye launched a tool allowing customers to manage the clustering of physical and virtual servers on a single console. SteelEye Protection Suite, introduced Feb. 28 at VMworld here, can be deployed on VMware Infrastructure 3 and Citrix Xen Server. SteelEye Protection Suite pour Citrix XenServer guarantees uptime for the Xen virtualized environment […]

BY: Arnaud Dimberton CANNES, France-Juan de Zulueta, vice president of EMEA [Europe, Middle East and Asia] channels at NetApp, talked with eWEEK about the storage giant’s virtualization strategy during the VMworld conference here. Zulueta said that virtualization can result in savings of up to 90 percent, but also creates a high-risk environment. He said that, […]

By: Sanjay Beri Most senior executives can remember a time when performance management meant reviewing a thick stack of financials once a month, then heading down to sales or the shop floor for some hard-nosed problem solving. Those days are gone forever. Today’s corporate performance issues crop up: Everywhere-no longer the domain of headquarters offices, […]

Today’s enterprises embrace wireless applications that depend on an array of wireless technologies and frequencies. While IT departments are most familiar with WLAN-based applications, consider the escalating indoor use of mobile phones and PDAs, the regulatory push for public safety radio coverage in large venues, and the buzz surrounding new Mobile WiMax and 4G technologies. […]

It is fair to say that customer service has changed since the Web 1.0 days. We know that the customers of today want to receive relevant information on their own terms, from peers, not companies, using their own terminology, displayed in the layout of their choice. At the same time, empowered customers want to make […]

5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldnt Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer 5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldnt Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer – Reasons To Say Yes Reasons To Say Yes 5 Reasons Why Yahoo Should/Shouldnt Take Microsoft Up On Its Offer – Big Deal The $44.6 billion offer is 62 percent above Yahoo’s current […]

My 13-year-old daughter tells me that I am an aging technology neophyte. Yet, the fact that I purchased my first smart phone and upgraded our family calling plan without talking to a human being demonstrates how far we have come in changing our behavior through superior technology. I don’t think that I am any different […]

By : Christian Stankevitz, CTO NSS Labs The challenge that faced IT implementers throughout the history of intrusion prevention has been determining which IDS/IPS products are appropriate for a given environment. According to Christian Stankevitz, CTO of NSS Labs, every vendor claims that their product is better than the next in some material way. The […]

You are understandably proud of yourself, and with good reason. As CEO, you’ve run a tight ship. You’ve used outside contractors instead of full-time employees whenever possible. And you’ve managed to keep costs to a bare minimum. When your lawyers offered to draft you up a bunch of agreements to govern those outside contractor relationships, […]

I am not referring to a major utility power failure, just to a common pitfall of power distribution system practice and management. There are several basic, but key, power components in the data center. 1. Utility power source(s) and main power panel(s)2. Backup generator and ATS (automatic transfer switch)3. UPS (uninterruptible power supply) and maintenance […]